Rihanna: She's Red Hot

Honestly, we should all hate Rihanna.Those sultry, sulkily sexy looks coupled with the killer curves, the tough-talking, super-sassy attitude, not to mention that voice and the talent that has made her an international megastar. It’s a lethal combination that should have us seething with envy. But it’s impossible to summon up anything other than total adoration for Ri-Ri. An ordinary 23-year-old girl who has achieved extraordinary things, surviving trauma in her childhood and heartbreak as an adult to become one of the most phenomenally successful female stars on the planet. In short, we heart her.

Dressed in a mixture of high street and designer (she’s rocking Stella McCartney and Topshop today), the Barbados beauty is the epitome of style. Every inch of her 5ft 8in frame is honed and toned to perfection, but she still maintains a real womanly shape, topped off with that fierce shock of red hair we can’t take our eyes off… not many girls could pull off such a bold statement, but she looks truly incredible. “I think I was ready for something new and loud and expressive,” she says of her do! “It’s really adventurous – I wanted something that was fun, you know. I didn’t want a normal hair colour. I’d had blonde and it was so boring. Black is still my favourite, but I was looking for a colour that was edgy. I guess it was just the place I was in at that time. I felt like being spontaneous, and I also wanted to go for something extreme. I couldn’t do green or purple or pink, so red was like the fine line between normal and extreme!” She giggles at the thought – Rihanna laughs a lot during our interview. It’s partly this mischievous sense of fun which makes men want to date her and women want to be her BFF.